mess
phonetic symbol: / més /
mess - English Dictionary
[ noun ]
■ a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
→
mess hall
[ noun ]
■ a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
[ noun ]
■ soft semiliquid food
e.g.)
・a mess of porridge
[ noun ]
■ (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
→
batch
,
deal
,
flock
,
good deal
,
great deal
,
hatful
,
heap
,
lot
,
mass
,
mickle
,
mint
,
mountain
,
muckle
,
passel
,
peck
,
pile
,
plenty
,
pot
,
quite a little
,
raft
,
sight
,
slew
,
spate
,
stack
,
tidy sum
,
wad
[ noun ]
■ informal terms for a difficult situation
→
fix
,
hole
,
jam
,
kettle of fish
,
muddle
,
pickle
[ noun ]
■ a state of confusion and disorderliness
e.g.)
・the house was a mess
→
messiness
,
muss
,
mussiness
[ verb ]
■ make a mess of or create disorder in
e.g.)
・He messed up his room
→
mess up
[ verb ]
■ eat in a mess hall
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